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Funding Watch: Volunteering Fund

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What is it? The Volunteering Fund or, to give it its full name, the Department of Health Volunteering Fund for Health and Social Care, provides a combination of grant funding and support to third-sector organisations working with volunteers in the health and social care field.

How much is on offer? Six to eight grants of up to £35,000 over three years in each region.

What will it fund? Projects that are addressing social care priorities, in particular those outlined in the Department of Health strategy Our Health, Our Care, Our Say, or projects addressing health inequalities. Applicants will need to be able to demonstrate one or more of: innovation in volunteering practice, potential to develop, for example in engaging new volunteers, participation in local partnerships and sustainability.

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